Ray Bradbury (Ray Douglas Bradbury) Quotes
The Internet is a big distraction. It's distracting, it's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere.
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It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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What there is no dispute about is whether or not China is a currency manipulator. They are a currency manipulator. They actively intervene every single day to keep the value of their currency less than it would be against the dollar than if it floated freely. We think. Even China barely disputes that.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
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I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.
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The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change does not come naturally.
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I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
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You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It's your call.
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We're not lawbreakers, we're law-abiding, and intend to stay that way.
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Every education minister today has a chance of introducing in his education today some simple technique, some simple natural insights into the total reality of life, which the physical sciences have explored in terms of 'Unified Field', which the ancient Vedic wisdom has located in the Self referral consciousness of everyone.
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I saw a feeding about a lion for plants, I saw leaves of luxuriant growth. I saw a branch with equal blossoms. Did I not see a prince? most liberal his customs, I saw the ruler of Cathraeth beyond the plains Be my oak the gleaming spirit of the Cymry.
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Forty Wall Street is probably the most beautiful tower in New York.
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I recently did a play, Athol Fugard's 'Coming Home' at Long Wharf Theatre, where I played one character throughout - I sat at a table and didn't have any costume changes. Following one character's arc from beginning to end is a whole different mindset.
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No matter how certain I am about some culture or some group of people, my opinions are only as accurate as the amount of time I've spent with them.
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London is my favorite place in the world. I love London. I think it has the best of L.A. and New York in one, and I have a really great friend there.
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All Oprah needs is a good book. My only request when she's building any house is, 'Could I please have a TV in my bedroom?'
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The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.
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No one was praying for the night to pass quickly. The stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. Were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes.
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I would love to be able to play some characters on television that are similar to some of the indie film roles I've done, that have been so close to my heart.
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I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people - producers, directors, people who buy tickets - who put confidence in me.
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The Internet is a big distraction. It's distracting, it's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere.
